Bed-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. SEIDLER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BED-BOTTOM.v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,738, dated October31, 1865.

' represented in the following specification and drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my invention, I will proceedto describe its construction by referring to the drawings, in which thesame letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement will be nnderstood from the speciticationand drawings, in which Figure l is a side View, broken away at or nea-rthe end joint to show the arrangement and operation of mechanism forgraduating the elevation of the head portion thereof. Fig. 2 is an endview, showing the head portion elevated.

The frame-work, sacking, springs, 85e., are constructed substantially asthose heretofore made.

a is the foldingjoint.

b is ajoint by means of which the portion A is hung and elevated.

The side portion of the frame (from c tof) is broken away to show themetallic ratchetplate B, made circular and provided with teeth, and madefast to the frame-work D by means of a screw or pin, g, and alsoprovided with a slot, h, near the upper end, to allow of a limited playto the upper end of the ratchet-plate.

C is a metal piece secured in a xed position to the frame-work E, and bymeans of which the head portion of the bottom is held in the desiredposition. The cord Fis passed through holes formed in the end of theframe-work, thence through loop-holes placed inside and near the upperedge of said frame-Work directly, or nearly so, over the upper end ofthe ratchetplate B, and secured thereto.

Now, it will be seen that by simply lil'ting the head portion A theteeth of the ratchetplate B will ride over the fixed metal piece c' tillat the desired elevation, where it will be held by said metal piece Cengaging with the oscillating ratchet-plate B, and by pulling the cord Fsaid plate B will be disengaged from the holder C and allowed (thehead-piece A) to fall toits level with the other portion ot' the bottomor lo any other desired position. For the purpose ot' holding the bed orsacking in its proper position while the head is turned up, I provide aueXtra piece vof sacking, 7c, (shown by red line,) secured to the maincover or sacking at or near thejoint b, which is drawn down taut andsecured to the cross-piece t'.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and operation soas to enable others skilled to make and use the same therefrom.

I claim- The oscillating ratchet-plate B, in combination with the xedcatch-plate E, cord F, and folding bed-bottom, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

GEORGE N. SEIDLER.

Witnesses:

S. W. BLISS, J. W. BLISS.

